The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-28 00:00:00

SMUT OF THE PUBLIe ;JOURNALS. It is said that facts have reached this country of high interest and importance concerning the affairs of Portugal. The indirect measures by which Spain, but more espe dally another and a superior Power, has been working for the overthrow of the new constitution, and for the re establishment, as well of she old arbitrary system, as of the Queen and Don Miguel, its not unworthy champions, are dearly traced and intimated, according to the best pri vate accounts. A theory, or rather a sort of legal argu ment, by which a plausible construction of the late joint act of John the Sixth, end his son Pedro, separating the two crowns of Portugal and Brazil s is made to invalidate the right of Pedro to grant a charter 'to Portugal, after making his election of the-throne of Brazil, will, it is pre sumed, be made the fundamental principle of the creed under which the Ultra-Rrlalistbannersere without delay to be un folded. In the mean time, those practical,butinformul circum stances, which go frequently and irresistibly to solve great deliberative questions, and to accelerate the roost fatal cri ses, are multiplying and closing round the scene of future action in the Peninsula. Refugees from Spain fly to Por tugal, where they are sheltered by the people, and not diecounte»aneed by the Regent. The factious Portuguese military have betaken th e m s el ves t o Sp a in, w h ere th e authorities of Ferdituusa, under the sanction of the Church and Court, have elicouraged them. 'Private lettere state that a Royalist junta, on behalf of the Queen and Miguel has been proclaimed in Tras-os-Montes, directed and sup ported by tie Apostolic Junta of Galicia, and by assuran ces fros t France. From these combined causes, if not mis 011.bsed, it is easy to foretell that a struggle is at hand, though of what extent, or who may be compromised in it, we at least are not bold enough to conjecture. England cannot look on in tranquillity should Portugal receive molestation from either branch of the House of Bourbon; and that she will be molested our correspondents have little doubt. Let Ferdinand, on the other side, but assemble an army, and those who best know the present feelings of the Spa niards, declare that it will act as in 1820, and that the 'bulk of the nation will unite with it. What then remains for France to do is a consideration with which we shall not meddle, though possibly Mr. Canning may.---Times. ' Upon comparing the accounts from the manufacturing district* during the last fortnight, it appears that the dis. tress has not only ceased 'to increase, but is actually in a 'course of. diminution. In ii period of calamity, if the causes which 'induced it continue to operate on it with it uniform degree of force, the evil increases with a rapidity which becomes greater every successive day ; for the longer distress continues, the greater is the severity with which a given degree of privation presses on the dimi nished resources of the sufferers. If, therefore, the evil had merely. become stationary, that circumstance alone would have been a proof, that the causes from which it originally proceeded were no longer operating with their original force. Its positive diminution is a still more.satis factory proof of the same thing, and shows also that the springs of our prosperity are again in action. We have all along contended that the evil arose from t emporary causes, and would be of only temporary duration. The result, so far as it has yet gone, seems to prove that we were not deluding ourselves or others by placing confi dence in too flattering a theory. It requires no small steadiness in those who are at the head of affairs, and imposes upon them no slight self-denial, to hear the cry of distress raised, to know that they could, by applying to that purpose a portion of the-resource, of the State, ,'administer temporary relief,' and yet, to. follow the stern commands of reason and piudence, forbidding them to adopt, incompliance with their feelings, a course which, though 'it might give preient relief, would ultimately aggravate the disease which it palliated at first. Cases may arise in which it becomes the duty of a Government to divert part of th e pu bli c revenue from its usual desti nation, and to employ it in alleviating privations which have reached, an extreme point, and for which .private benevolence is insufficient to make an adequate provision. 'But such an interference is in itself always an evil ; it is at departure from the proper functions of Govereme»ty it places subjectaand rulers in a relation beneficial to neither; while the relief which it affords is only transient, and cannot be continued for any length of time without in.. volving the Government in great embarrassments. It is, therefore, a matter of no small congratulation, that the Government has not found it necessary to take upon itself the' care of providing for • the wants of our population. The patience of the working classes has beco most.meri torious and praiseworthy; and the benevolence of those, to whom fortune had been more favourable, has been worthi of the occasion which called it foith. That pas tient endurance, arid that, benevolence, have done more than arty political arrangement coold have effeeted.—New Times and Representalioe. The singular manner, in which mie of the' Wakefield' has for ,the present eluded public justice; the nonchalance with which the views of his flight was aimouneed and re ceived ; and the calmness with Which a bench-warrant was applied for and granted for his re-apprehension; are cir cumstances which appear to give to the affair more of a dramatic effect than one we should expect to see accompa ny an action of real life. We should have thought that some thing like is hue-and-cry would have been raised ; (weenie witnesses, at least, examined, as to when and where he was last seen, Ike. We should have thought that when his attorney stood up in Court, and openly stated that his client Would not appear, that the attorney would at least have been asked how he knew that I' Not that we suppose that any profiesional man could be so unwise, or so dishooesits as to counsel that, the very concocting of which would amoisnt, in all parties, to a high miedemeanor. Put we Confess we should like to see a little more light thrown upon this extraordinary affair, than, as' far as the public is - concerned, it hits as yet received. There did seem to he some inconsistency in the trial of the principal being 'postponed, and that of the accessory not. As we have the Judge's own authority for saying that the propriety of that postponement is much questioned, we May add, that the more it is viewed the more questionable it must appear; but being permitted, it would, we think, have been at least as wise anti just that the one ee s se should have fol lowed the other. However, the learned Judge determines otherwise, the Counsel for the prisoner threaten to throw up their briefs, while the accused himself cuts the matter short by taking French leave of all parties; and that, as far as we can see, without any very active means being tikewto prevent him, or to bring him 'back. Now the Afaions and the painful part ofc this is (and we say it,is in perfect sincerity, without meaning offence to any one), that people who know no better, are apt, when such things as these otnr, to imagine that people who have money can evade justice in a way that those who have none cannot. We do not, rnean to insinuate that such is the case here. But public justice should, like Ciesar's wife, be above suspicion; anti we think, therefore, it would have been better if the prosecutors at, le ast h a d ma d e snore es i r about the matter, than we have as yet ; heard that they have d o ne. It affords a striking instance, too, of the defect of our law of sureties. What is there to prevent the hail in this ease running away too, it they think proper ? Now, we think, that in a case where' Justice wesoPenly set itt defiance, it should have been io the power . of the Judge s to have instantly ca lled f or the sums the bail were bound in. But this, we believe, SS the law vow Stands, ran only b e d one m the Exchequer; at an y raw by some slow process fro not so instantaneously, but that the bail may, if they are inclined, follow the runseswey steps of the principal. One thing seems to' us -quite- clear, that had there been no Counsel from the first to the last employed iii this affai r . and had the matter been left to proceed in the ordinary stertight-fOrWard course which it would othenyilse have taken, complete justice would by this time have been done t y . ', C would to all Ptkttles; much time and money, and sualet have been saved, and the purity and credit of laws rescued from the kind of scandal which dilatoriness and evasion always, t o a certain degree, bring upon them. — Morning Herald'. A second Meeting was held in Cork' on Tuesday last, for the Purr -me of discussing a series of Resolutions, le commending the inttoduction into Ireland of a system of :~~.._. ~; .~~~.::, ~~~; Poor Laws, similar in principle to that a totitivt, speakers, with one or two exceptions, were all; in favour of the Resolution*, but a. Committee of Inquiry was ap 'pointed, and an adjournment agreed to for a week. It was stated by Lord Carberry, wlio profestled to be himself an advocate for a national provision for the indigent classes of society, as it would not,Only make the rich man support the poor, bat bring the rich mart acquainted with the peasostry to the mutual advantage 'of both, that it would be well if a Committee of 'the Gentlemen of the city and county were appointed for the purpose of draw ing up qberies to be submitted to Protestant and Roman Catholic Clergymen. The suggestion of his Lordship is entitled to commendation. Before interfering with such a country'as Ireland, we ought to possess better evidence respecting its state, than shy yet obtained by Parliament. We possess much evidence respecting the general condi tion of Ireland; but what is wanted is detailed informa tion respecting the different districts. Though we are friendly to the principle of the English Poor 'Laws, we confess we are at a loss to see in what manner they can be extended.to a country like Ireland, the' population of which hes been suffered to outrun. so very much the means for employing them. Even if we were to allow that the Irish gentry • ought to bear part of th e b ur d en , w hi c h they have entailed on the empire at large, it by no niers follows that they ought to be script of their pro petty altogether; and we can only view the introduc tion of Poor Rates into Ireland as a transference of the whole property of the country to th e un em pl o y e d p oor .— Some of those who oppose the introduction of Poor Laws into Ireland, do so on what we conceive untenable grounds. The tendency of Poor 'Laws, they say, is to create a factitious population. The Nor Laws declare that every human being is entitled to be fed, under all cir cumstances, and they thus remove one of the strongest obstacles in the way of imprudence-,--the dread of starva tion. But those who reason in this way for that the possessors of the property, which is chargeable with the support of the poor, have the strongest of all inducements to prevent its being consumed by a supernumerary popu lation,,and have the power to regulate the numbers of the people through the number of the cottages they suffer to he kept up. The Poor Laws, by fixing a 'minimum of subsistence for the population, give to the possessors of property a strong inducement to keep that population, if possible, within the limits prescribed by the means of em ploynfent : they prevent the poor from falling into such a state as to disturb the tranquillity of the country ; but they do not prevent the poor from availing themselves of an increase in the demand for labour, to raise their wages and better their condition. By fixing ti rate of subsistence below which thopootshali not descend, they keep the notions of then poor respecting comforts, upon the whole, higher than in countries in which there is no limit to their descent, but famine and typhus fever. In Ireland the absence of a poor-rate has greatly added to the factitious' population, because, if there had been one, that ruinous competition of the people for land, as a means of subsistence, which has served so much to c r e a t e a v i c i ous a nd redundant po pulation, would have stopped at the limit when no more eould'he extracted from the land, after paying rent, than the subsistence already secured ; and' the landlord would have soon seen the necessity of deVising means for pre venting the multiplication of people reduced to the legal subsistence,. when the effort was not to increase; by com petition, his share of the produce, but to swallow up the whole of it. In England, abuset have taken place, of late year&, under .the Poor. Laws, but this ; ilia reason for de vising a remedy for the abuses, and t ot aga i ns t t h e L aws themselves. T he population .in particular districts has been suffered to outgrow the means of employment; hut then the redundancy bears no proportion to that of every part of Ireland, and of all hut certain improved districts of Scotland. However the remedy has been suggested by Mr. Hodges, and we have no doubt it will be found ge nerally etlicacious,--namely, the power of charging the builders of cottages with the burdens they create. At present, a man possessed of WI acre of ground, may disturb the economy of a , whole parish, by covering it with -cot tages, speculating on 'payment of rent n u t of the pedal; rates, A man may possess a whole parish, and only 'an sere of ground in the adjoining parish, and by keeping down the number of cottages in his own parish, and co vering the acre in the next with cottages, he may, by creating a redundant population in it, reduce the rate 'of wages, and obtain as many labourers from it as he ch o o ses at that reduced rate, the difference between the , reduced rate and the actual cost of the subsistence of the labourers and their families being paid by the parish. In this way the proprietor of a whole parish, and a small part of an ad joining one, may literally ridge his own income consider ably at the expenei of that of his neighbours. But a power given to proprietors or 'Vestries to control matters, within their respective parishes, would serve to 'cheek, if not prevent entirely, this evil. In speaking of Poor Laws, let it never be forgotten that the population of England was hats redundant' then that of any country of Europe, during nearly all the last century, and the greatest part of the preceding one. The wages of the districts, of Scot land, bordering on England, were lower thin on the Eng lish side, which proves the population was. more redun dant. Wages are not lower, at, this day, in Northumber land and Cumberland, than in Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, and Dumfrie-sahire, but rather higher.—Morning Chrea. THE CROWN IN DANORIte---011 Friday niht, dur ing the hurricane, the brass crow n on th e l amp at t h e door of the Police-office, Hatton Garilen, was blown off with the lamp cover, to which it was immediately attached, and, but for the intervention of the front railing, on a spike of which it remained suspended, would have been dashed to pieces. • Thursday afternoon a bricklayer's labourer named M'Carthy fell from a two story scaffolding in Deer's-place, Somers town, and was killed on the spot. It is said that about three weeks ago he fell from nearly the same height mid escaped unhurt. lie has left a wife and three young Children. An English bricklayer war; attacked on Sunday night, or Monday morning, when mitering Dumfries, by Eng lish-street. The attack made was both cruel and singular. The assailants having overpowered their victim, tied a ripe two or three times round his neck, and dragged him a considerable way on the roil. They then rifled his pockets of some silver money, and stripped him of coat, waistcoat, &c, The wretched man was soon after found with the rope remaining tightly round his neck, and his hands as tightly pinioned hchiod, in a state nearly approaching to sufforiation. The barbarians have not yet been discovered, and the poor sufferer is confined to bed from the in juries he has mietained. —Edinburg/4 , aurant DURORRIWC----A . Roman Villa, and other curious remains of Roman antiquities, have recently been discovered on the side orthe North' ROad near Water Newton, (seven miles South of Staraftird,) which are in all probability connected with thin* on the opposite side of the river Nene (at Castor), there being.tifo Appearance of buildings above ground, nor a vestige of material left that could have led to the discovery. We may pre sume the Romans had a detirmined plan on which they founded their cities, as the author of these discoveries has within these last .four years traced them through the several parishes of Castor, Al walton, Chesterton, Water Newton, and ifint-t0n...-an extent of nearly nine miles in circumference, and• which remains are by far the most curious and extensive that have been explored inliritsin. The villa situated on the Mile of the row ] near Water Newton, con sisted of a large mixture building; the floors (nf which theta are several fragments remaining) consisted of small square stones or teasel*, set in a durable cement, and appear to have been lintich worn ; some parts of the walls bear the vestiges of colour; as fresh as if b ut lately laid nn : yards to the East of these buildings, several human skeletons Were dug up, some urns, and two kilos resembling those used by the anci e nt portent. In IRV, and 5, cereal kiln, of this description were discovered nu Sutton and Ner-. n ' an gete field ; aleo vestiela containing the colour and glaze used ift th:the t wi tnann i fa:ttire of Roman uveral specimens of clay found with them, have been eal'efully *unlined by. Mr. Artis, with a view , to .seceitsin the Ingoalti4tyt s t o rt d ie n g t o nc o tif f it_bh.o.eesfinodeiieeriniirwallelot,hwitabsiheeeflne ofbedeiseever attnioullitoymeatret.A : a b t Yreneb foal torn more A e the ancient Greek warn br ret : some have asserted the glaze . a oi no subsume caws 40 arse ittphaltum, while others contend that Ira salt ; but , as - we, are informed that Mr. Artie has resumed pieting his splendid work Il e o ee m a a r n clies for the purpose of c o o: hope for some new informatiori on the :Il iquitiu li' w6 l ' u lthen vessels, a branch of the ancieot arts with4a o t f ve r e a b il u t t i n ' ' Te r; .fectly acquainted...him& Alecto". rata 11414011606 t: MANSION-HOUSE.—A man' named Frisby; a salesman at, Billingsgate, appeared to answer,* charge of selling a bad salmon, which he bad warranted sound. The complainant stated that he purchased the salmon in ques tion of the defendant at Bd. per pound, Which was a Blvd pricei and the defendant warranted it to be good, hut he soOri'fflaCriVered that it wakitotten ; he accordingly applied to the Lord who directed the salmon to be examined by two respectable Wl mongers, both of whom declared that if any person was to partake of it, it would certainly Naito disease. The defendant said he Considered the salmon to be fresh, altho' it might not be quite so firm as some salmon. The complainant said, that when he went to the defendant on the subject, he was very abusive; he d—. 4-4 him and the Lord. Mayer too, and told him he might go to the Lord Mayer and be d—d, if he liked. The LORD MAYOR smiled, and said that Billingsgate was not the place to expect to meet with much politeness, but people had *right to expect to meet with good fish there ; it was of the ut most importance to the public that no fiah should he sold at Bil lingsgate, except such as was wholeiome, but as this was the, first complaint he had had made to him, he should not direct * prosecution; but would suffer the defendant to depart upon pay ing back the price of the fish, and paying the complainant for his' loss of time ; he, however, would wish him to tell the other sales men that if another case of the sort was brought before him, he certainly would direct a prosecution at the expellee of the - City, the consequences of which would be heavy. James Smith, a labouring man, was charged with an unpro voked assault on Richard Benjamins, in Ball-alley, Lombard street. The prisoner accidentally met the complainant, and se-- eused him of being a Jew, knocked him down, and swore that: he would drag him to Cornhill amongst the other Jews ; neither' of the parties had ever seen each other before, and the complanant declared he was not a Jew. The defendant could not deny the facts, but said that he had been taking physic in the morning, and had drank some ale after wards, and he supposed that the phyaie and the ale together: had got into into his head, an that he did not know what he was about. • The prisoner's landlord appeared on his behalf, .and said that he was the most sober man that he ever knew. The Loan MAY CPR—Well, notwithstanding he is the most sober man that you ever knew, 1 shall line him Ave shillings for being drunk ; and he must settle with the complainant. A journeyman carpenter was charged with assaulting a very respectable-looking young woman on Fish -street-hill. The com plainant had bun sent on an errand by her mistress, who lives in Dishopegate-street, when elle met with the defendant and two of his companions, who amused themselves with having what they called a lark with her. The other two pushed and pulled her about, and the defendant struck her bonnet with his besket, and cut the bonnet through. The two companions escaped, but he was seised by the street-keeper. The young woman's mistress at tended with her. The defence was " not exactly drunk, and yet not sober. Had been hard at work, and taken a good drop of beer." The Loan MAYOR said that these assaults were increasing daily, and it was not to be endured that decent young women, going about the streets in their lawful business, should be in sulted by a set of fellows, who chose to take a little too much beer, as they termed it; and in orderto put a stop to the practice, he should make an example of this man, by ordering him to find hail ;or the assault, and to give ¢4 hours notice of bail. This decision of his Lordship will cause this worthy gentleman to be kept in cos tody until Monday, ifhe can even then get bail. GUILDHALL..—Soon after taking hie seat on Saturday, Mr. Alderman Wantimax sent for the City Solicitor, and upon his arrival he called to Canham, the Beadle of Castle Baynard, Ward, Who was waiting in the room, to know if he had any application to make, as he perceived some complaint had been made before the Lord Mayor, ridative to a coach being seized, or attempted to be seized, in, St. Paul's Church.yard. Ca.nham said he had to complain of an assault committed upon him by Cleveland, the owner of . the Hammersmith coach, which he took to the Green-yard on Thursday last, for standing above , ten minutes in the street. lie fouCd Cleveland mounted on the box of one of his coaches on the north side of the church-yard, on Thursday evening, and he called to him to move off. Cleveland said, Sneeringly, that he had better attempt to take that coach to the Green-yard. Witness again ordered him to go on, or to come down off, the box, anti he would explain what bed barn said to his Man at Guildhall that day. Cleveland, however, only replied with same expression of ,contempt ; 'end, upon the complainant appraatihing the liniseet: 'hed*, coat:het !vegan , flogging away at ltim with all his might; ott *Lit ittetiaptittic to ascend • to ties box, heat hint (19w).1 with the butt end of the whip. The whip, howt ver, lie arrested from him, and he had it now in his care.— This was the assault he complained of. Mr. Alderman WAITHIstAN said, he saw, by a morning paper, that this very man (Cleveland) had been applying to the Lord Mayor, complaining that he had been ill-used by the street keeper ; and that his Lordship was reported ,to have said.(of the correctness of the report, however, be knew nothing) that .the street-keeper had acted illegally, and that he had no right to seize a stage-mesh, awl take it to the Gieeniard, except where it was left without any p e rson to take care of it, or some such case. Now, he appealed to the City Solicitor, whether it was not legal to seize the roach, if it was creating an obstruction within the letter of the gewer'e Act, and whether he had . not given it as his deliberate opinion, that where the party was summoned, the law was generally evaded, because the penalty could only he en forced by seizing the coach? The Cm Sortctroa replied in the affirmative. His atten tion had been directed to this subset by the Court of Aldermen, and be had been desired by them to, make known his opinion to the Sitting Magistrate, and he had done so, to the effect Mr. Al derman Waithinint had suited. Mr. Alderman WALDMAN regretted that his Lordship should have ventured to express an derided an opinion upon the illegality of the conduct of the officer, because it was calculated to deter that officer, from doing his duty; it was: withdrawing from him the protection he, ought to receive; and indeed, such an opinion coming from so high a quarter as the Chief illagistrate of the City, might lead to a resistance of the. officer's authority. The Alderman issued a summons for Cleveland's attendance on a future day. BOW-STREET.—A Mr. Cramer, au Irish gentleman, hie wifry and three ehildfen, preeented themselves late on Friday *evening, for the purpose of preferring a complaint against Madame Pardon, the wife of a French restaurateur in the Hay market. Mr. Cramer proceeded to state, that he had just come over from Ireland, and wishing to indulge Mrs. Cramer, who had a predilection for French habits and customs, • with a dinner 4 kiinode de Paris, he went with his fainily to the Ilayniarket, whore he was told he could be Accommodated on reasonable tering. The first French house he met with was that of Pardon, andobserving a bill of fare in the window, lie limind these items, viz. potage, Bd. ; roast rule, Is. fid. Conceiving that those were moderate charges for a dinner for himself and family, he went into the house, and calling for a private room, ordered the items mentioned. The dinner was served up, and it was certainly but just to observe that the cook displayed no corn son skill. The soup was excellent, and the fowl dressed to a nicety. So far complainant felt quite satisfied, and Mrs. Cramer and the children were equally- pleased with their French repast. The hill, however, bring soon after called for, complainant felt considerably surprised to find that it amount_ ed to ten shillings and fivepence, iiicluding a charge of two and ciihtpenee for pota gr , and six shillings for the' fowl, being more than four times the amount Specified in the bill which they had' previously moulted. Complainant felt extremely :indignant at what he conceived to he a gross attempt to impose on the ignorance of strangers, and deter smatiintede ti to me r , ea t i h e a t t th h e ea extravagant willing to pay demand, telling the waiter a t t h e according to the terms of their own bill of fare, but would not pay a sixpence bey on d i t . Madame Pardon the; earn. up stairs, and after kissing him anti his family, she seised compleinant's hat and gloves, declari n g th a t she would not gibe thetti up until the bill was paid. Under these circumstances, complainant offered to deposit hie puree, containing iteveral'sovereigns, as security for the amount of Madame Pardon's demand; but the lady would not liettm to reason, declaring that she would never mien* to part with the hat, hut On theta terms, namely, the payment of her bill. Complainant was then obliged to purehmA new het, and. couch, he put. hie Tamil into It, and came to llow4treet to demand justice. y Islatiatne Pardon, in, h er d e f ence , poured forth ft 'lipid volley of French and broken Engliah, Sectoring the 'complainant of mean- LIT: s and Pealtfliairo r l fati lln ly d n r i i‘ th ic e e w lin ay g hthrieellietleid"' of suppos ing she said, seemed t o k now a gr e a t deal of French habits and tile rsowiedgihut , i n t f. tu e l ig d it ha r v nit e t h in e r e i n s fb:t i te it r ac it he hail- blended otithAii necessary i don nation re specting the domestic economy of his tINVit cotintry, when lie would h a ve been saved from Aping into the ridiculous error of suppoo hig.lut could dine a family of five persons ore porn and roast pia, - for the sum: of 2N. Her demand, she contended, was ex trenielY moderate, and she was determines! not to give up the hat, whigit eh hold - her hand, until it UM satisfied. tirottiieur rat dot), who mod by, aware that his ma was in good- harids • „ Avocated by his better bdf , 4eelitiej t r4 o 41191i f u p her t r glitaniq an d m e r ely ~,,Z.ided his assent to her last observation. L . • Mr. Mr/fauna laid, that there was nothing in the case to WI (or his interposition ; but, u the parties had taken the trouble to eon, before him, he advised an amic•4l3l4,settlement, which would best be effected by Air. Cramer consenting to defray Madame Pardon's bill on condition of receiving back his hat. The gentleman had evidently fallen into an error, for which, however, he was bound . to pay ; and Madame Pardon, although not justified . in abusing the complainant, had a right to seize the hat us a eeettrity for thO amount of her demand. Mr. Cramer then paid the bill with some reluctance, observin g that he should use snore caution where next he dined after the French fashion ; and Madame Pardon, in handing 'him his hat; said that the hatter from whom the new purchase had been made, would be the only gainer by the transaction, unless Mr. Cramer took a lesson from the circumstance, and *sided the , result to his stock of experience. Mr. Mixsum—You have gained your object, Madam, and I beg you will reserve your remarks for the bar of your tavern, whes4 I have little doubt but you are very liberal of speech. The parties then left the office. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—On Saturday a man name', Hall, and his wife ,R/ixobeth, were charged with stealing 170/.,' the property of Mrs Allen, the attorney, of Carlisle-street. It ap-, peared that the prisoner was formerly a grocer in the parish, of Anne, but failing in business he was compelled to go into 'the; poor-house, and from which place he was taken by Mr. Allen, who employed him in his office at 1/. per week. On the 9th instant, Mr. Allen returned home with a large sum of money, a part of which he took out to pay to a person in the neighbourhood, and left about 1'75/. on a desk. He thought that he had put this sum in his cash-box, but on the Saturday following, when he examined the box, he missed the money. The prisoner, who had absconded from the office, was immediately suspected Of having stolen it. The money left on the desk was a 100/. note, a 50/. note, and the remainder in small notes. The 100/. note was paid into the Bank by the female prisoner, who received 70 . sovereigns and 30/. in notes, and the 50/. note was exchanged by Hall at a pawnbroker's shop in the Borough, where he purchased a gold watch for his wife, and a silver one for himself. The day before the money was stolen, the prisoner took a lodging in St. Ann's-court, where, on the night of the 2d, they were overheard talking about .the money, and the female prisoner advised her . husband to restore it, and reproached him for robbing Mr. Allen, who had been so kind to them. He, however, said be would not return the money, but that they would spend it in travelling, and would first go to. Dover, cross the Channel to Calais, and visit other parts of the continent. The prisoner also told one of Mr. Al len'ackrks, on the 9th instant, when the young noun spoke of having been out collecting money, that he had 170!. in his pocket, which he found on the dealt, and be intended to return it to one of the partners. From other facts which were laid. before the Magistrate, a doubt could not exist that the male prisoner had stolen the money. In their lodgings was found a box full of caps, gowns, and finery al though the :day before the money was stolen, the female pri soner pawned part of her clothes fur ,a few shillings. They were committed for trial; Hall as the thief,' and his wife as the receiver. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—On Friday Henry Smith, a painter, living in Portland-town, asked Mr. Broughton to grant him a summons, for a gentleman who bad insulted hie wife and assaulted him; and on Saturday Lieutenant William Armit, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, appeared befiye Mr. GRIFFITH and Mr. BentiGarow, to answer the above charge. 8a was accompained by a brother officer. The wife of Henry Smith stated, that about eight o'clock on Thursday evening her husband left her for a few minute in Port land-town, while he went into a baker's shop, and that in the mean time Mr. Armit came • up to her, looked hard in her face, and said to another officer who was near, " She is d—,d ug ly," Mrs.. Smith desired him to go along,, when he mad. use of a most offensive expression, which was overheard by her husband as he left tin; shop. Henry Smith said, that in consequence of what he heard, be asked Mr. Armit what business he had to interfere with his wife. Mr. Artnit replied, "What's that to you ?" Smith said, " (.3o along, you lobster ;" upon which Mr. Armit used a horrid expression to Smith, similar to the one before addressed to his wife ; end Smith said, " You are no gentleman, or you would not use such language." After that, Smith and his wife had not proceeded homeward, in front of sons unfinished houses, more than twenty. yards, when Mr. Armit followed them, struck him a blow on the face with his fist, and gave his back a severe thrashing with au ashen stick, threatening at the same drils to knock his braius out. Mrs. Smith was so terrified, that she said.. to her hue band, •' Pray do not go further, or you will.get , murdered." Mr. Gaterrret to Mr. Armit.—You have 'Mud the Ammo, Sir, what have you to say ivartswertitit? • ' Mr- Armit.—l ecknowledge I struck the man, for he was very insolent ; he called me a villain,' a red lobster, and a blackguard, but I can take my oath I never used the language imputed to me. , Mr. GRIFFITH.-I cannot take your oath; I Must call your attention to the evidence; it is positivelY'sworn that you did make use of a very improper expression. Mr, Armit's brother officer..:—They have worm filo, by G—d ;- and if yon will put me upon my oath, I will prove it, Mr. GRIEVITH at first objected, but after some further argu ment, the oath was wiministered to him. lie said, that as he was walking with Mr. Armit, they saw the woman standing in the middle of the road in a strange way, as loose women do, Mr.,Armit looked in her face, and said she was ugly, but he said nothing else ; . the man camenp at t 4, time, and called Mr. An nit a lobster, a blackguard, and s, villain ' , and said,the woman was his wife ; but he doubted very much ther, she was so, indeed he slid not believe she was. Mrs. Sroith.—l am his wife—his lawful wife, and you are a good-for-nothing fellow to say otherwise. Mr. Gatrerrn.—There is no doubt of it, and there is .no rea son, but the, worst, in the world, for suggesting otherwise. Mr. Armit.—She was standing in a very, enticing position. Mr. G surrivi.—The first provocation was * given: by you, Sir, and you mad e use o f very improper —very smproper(with increased emphasis), rery,improper language ;, your friend sweats he did not bear you, but he. cannot swear you did not illt! it; ylltt must find bail, Mr, &MORTON to Smith.... 4 sin convinced ahe is youriwife, but after what has been said, upon Our oath, 1 ask you, whether she is or not ? SMith—She is my wife, and we have two children. • DANK • OF EgGLANDe-.4t appears that the arranger ments for the establishment of a rinch of the Bank of England at 'Manchester are so far matured, that a building is taken in King -street, in that town, for the • purpose. SUBTXRUANEAN GALLERY.--A cavern of con siderable dimensions has been lately explored and ex amine(' at Finis, in the parish of Dromarragh, and County of Down, on the farm of a Widow Kelly, and the estate of ,C o l one l M agen i s. The ,excavataon is noticed in an ancient history of the County of Down, published two hundred yaws , ago, but latterly has been little known, having been a most closed up with a stone of severa l tons we i ght, W h i ch l e ft a passage scarcely suffi c i en t f or a b oy to s lid e d own upon his l back. Thi s stone, an d a quantiof rub bish which choked up the passage to the interior, were removed with gr ea t labour ; insomuch that the opening of a perpendicular descent of about ten feet, occupied a number of men for several hours. In'sinking through the earth some atone steps were found, 1 I .ear.ing to the entrance of an arched passage 'of about five feet six inches in height. From this point a gallery runs doe west ninety fe et long, and about four feet four inches broad, and five feet eight inehea high ; the sides are built with rude masonry, inwards towards the top, which is cove red with treat slabs of gran i te . At the distance of thirty feet , 'mu t he entrance, another ven teat long, branches off at right gallery, twenty-seven the n orth. angles running unveil 8 The breadth of this is Dearly the same' as in t he main pllery; except a t t h e ( 1 0 0 r, which is contracted to two feet six inches: end at a distance of thirty feet inore, a second , branch of similar dimensions turns off in the same direction. The cavern i s 'evidently of great antiro.; ty, and time traditions of the country people vary as to Its me. By some it is considered an ancient place of sepulture, w hile.others hold the opinion th at i t was connecte d with, religious rttes•—'l have, however, been no mar ks discovered to favour either hypothesis. There se ems to be a deep accunntlation of:siend on the floor, which possibly may conceal some relies of interest to the antiquary.-- 4:h46lin Evening Post. LORD BYRON. : teety tning that 4 * to Lord Byron is sn full of interest apper.. wily suppose I was much gratitlel to Englishinet, that you may -4 11 (a place by the bye, Cu' at Meeting at a table- d'hate yestei which every petion wins itoislies to see Fu bad n "" eri and French society should sometimesgo,) a gentleman wht.b.°__,b e e n Getwa during Lord Byron'e residence thert. He expla"l g° t° 112 ,. e the , • reason, which to wine may seem not altogether 0 11 ' 4614° , t° 7 l why Lord Byron was so unwilling to see his countryro 4o It happened at Genoa, that two Englishmen, through c' 43. ,' ° ' l ,2 r n ' eagle to see his Lordship's residence there. After having P7 l. shown over the other apartments of the Palace/ they .cam e , denly towards that in which Lord Byron and his frien d , Barry, tvere seated together. Lord Byron, disliking Ju t inter ruption of strangers, on hearing their footsteps,' drew t At1 t , 1 . 4 which concealed Mr. Barry and himself from their view. 4ls e English gentlemen entered the apartment, and as they SW go person there, they presumed, of course, that they might make what ever inquiries they thought proper, freely and unserunscrup ulously Accordingly, they asked the servant who accompanied them , various questions as to his Lordship's habits, and mode of living, and as these questions were, for the most part, put for the purpos e o f asc e rtaining the truth or falsehood of some uufavourable and unkind stories that had been rnmotired respecting him in England, Lordl3yron, who overheard the wh ole conversation from behind the screen, like Lady nazis, was ex ceedingly pained and mortified at this scene that was acting before it. He declared he would not again subject himself to the harnilir tion of listening to so much impertinence and calumny ; stud i°l this circumstance originated the dislike—not altogether inexcusabie —he ever afterwards evinced in seeing or entertaining those of hi' countrymen whom be had not previously known. The same in telligent gentleman assured me, that he gave to Mr. Barry, et Genoa, with whom he had lived in ths habits of the closest inti macy, a large quantity of rsauuseript.copy, containing unpubVislmd compositions of his lordship. Many of them, he assured me, C OO '" tamed passages equal to any in his Lordship's moat popular pt - ductions.—Oneof three. papers contains a very curious letter, our posed to be written by Lord Byron's faithful and attached nowt , Fletcher, to Mr. Ilobhouse, giving him an account of his Led ship's death. Lord Byron, after describing this imaginer,' "' t i t with much comic humour, makes Fletcher give an estimate of '"*- character, which he concludes by saying, that " his Lordship " le a good master, but a queer man." On the n i ght of Tuesday last, Mr. Andrew tenant of the farm of Beckton, on his return from the lailb-f t „ n. of Lockerhy, WAS attacked on the high road, about half s our from that town,.on the Dumfries road, by three foot puke . tripped up his heels. Two of them held him down, and noolY suffocated him, while the third rifled his pockets. The boor/ thEY got was small, being .only a guinea note of a Collide bank. 21 " r 18s. in silver. The robb ers were seared by the APP": 9th of ; cart, and M I . Smaill h a ving giv en th e a larm, one of. the villa in' was seized, but the other two made their earspe, rind a vers not i r pretended till next day. • The business is at present utidtriv' n g t a thorough investigation before the Sheriff. Mr. strain ' vas D I . much injured, but eye robbers threatened to stab him with 1(.11!e their ese he made the are ele jainti f , iif astnoisei‘orrgensiuss, aliasas Coyle,Thetance. Robot nt o n bt e l s: p is u ni t i l sn de d by s d James Flinn. 111`Manua. stays he is a native of .61 "g ° 1 7;,h i neo, deserter from the bfith` regiment. Th e ot h e r two wine and by profession," gamblers " at fairs and maritto, " not ' thing worse. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE A ol d the Alice, a middle-aged woman, apparently of Yorkshire, ore 0 , 40 ck house door of a maiden lady at Stayley Bridges about fiv t, irre in the morning, and walking fortiard; helped herasit monie, to a seat, and he4gerl'to be allowed to remain, wn.u,_" - o %d " a bit o"bacco." This reasonable reque.t, however, "" lady of the house positively refits:ad.:Stating• that she was going and that she by no means felt disposed to leave in her howl' a t r ot feet stranger. The Yorkshire woman wai, therefore , to sound a hasty, retreat. .Ai the lady before mention;id %Os doo P";"•( ceeding along the street, she saw the same woman open tha another house, where it appears she made a similar which, fortunately for. her, was immediately gra!fad.,, being charged with the beat Virginia , she began tnpuff famously, but ere long exhibited symptoms of an alarming tutteno A violent griping of the bowels name on, accompanied with a , tain peculiar . expression of the cnontenince. " Wha lo ,,e r Arnim?" exclaimed the terrified hostess. '.1 , ) - tiff! puff! Plui, sbott. time was the only answer. A moment of dreadful suspense, and '.' came another Violent paroxysm. " Whatever ii to do, I " ruff ! puff; puff !" was atilt the only answer that could be Qv" trifled ; presently a third attack, more violent than the rest, 5 0 C' s. castled, and brought along with it, most gentle Mader, tklivitto ethubby, sprawling- infant ; a most lovely babe ! " Viihateverbarl you dons so for ?" bawled oat the woman of the hitie, wlio 16'0? like "confusion worse confouride4l." "We are poor workingibus:, and we can do nothing for you." "0, never . mind that," lon Yorkshire; " pay you for every * thing I may Want, and row yaouti,eifokr after r r frer u co bie mf:l . a " ce n on e el l i v em °m en u t S ke he P d t ep .bar ert w er di (tai l in ti : * " ll44ll , 4 , l4b her the young stranger , WI prestime) refusing to the leaf Vv" any account either of herself or of her future diesti pt "" r Doncaster Gazette. . COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WIAZIC ...........---' • Per Quaster. s. to is. a. to a. s. to a. I. so : J. .„, .... I Wheat. Barley. Oats. _Besi__ Andover 5? 511 29 30 22 30 44 52 ...f Bath ..............., 52 60 32 36 16 34 5a ~, Button 4ll 54 30 34 35 32 40 "-• ".. arlclßeWater ........ 60 123 - 36 , - 'VI - 40 ,... 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Marcaret,Airtsemtilht 11 E 41 14 isa r., tn~ in Willisrn Alpert - nigh, a poor Ishouruis man, of But : ne Cheshire, wa delivered of thressAlldten, two girls Sn. 6 . ill of which ars doipg,well. „ Vialtft Qn tlis 19th inst., at Aberd een , t h e lady of the ri ° "' Forhec'of a eon and heir. . -- 'MARRIED.ieh h f tO' On Thursday' Audrey.. Holborn, by the R. J..fiarby#'llff.' 9li " iagi to e :o l t P K i s u ll etro . kia:41 : 1 : 11.116 : 111 ' totor. O. ...morn • t Fantly • th butte'' Mi° H*rns -tb Hut, at St. Luke.' Clruith, hp th e ' na jMr City-road. Printed sod Published by 14*-4C"NG' 4411144'"11 _ No. I Strsud. —.......----- ----___---- I)IED. _ i; t ...., d e , r ,,,0 t OA On Saturday, the 2etb iitstasst, of * lingerius • Nisrfr i leePlY regretted by herfarady earl friend'' , age d 2fh 'ou r ( • ;114° the eldest and arniable ditightet ',,f 1. (*. 1 twk, ° e l" Neseport-,treat,: gait eates.soutre` _..—..ossete°!4,